Chevro Chips

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 to 4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

A popular South Asian snack, chevro (or chewra) is made up of lots of crunchy fried bits and bobs tossed in a turmeric-stained, whole spice– infused oil. Essentially, it’s a savory fried trail mix.

Making traditional chevro is too involved a process to be casual, so if you’re taking the time to make it, you’re making it to share it. When I think of chevro, I immediately picture my mom, my grandmother, and her sister gathered around a large stainless-steel pot (it’s giving Sanderson